1945 ⟶ Hitler's Tirade and Wenck's Failed Relief Attempt

Hitler is informed late in the day that, with the approval o...
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🤬 Hitler's Tirade and Wenck's Failed Relief Attempt

Hitler is informed late in the day that, with the approval of Gotthard Heinrici, Steiner's attack was never launched. Instead, Steiner's forces were authorised to retreat. In response, Hitler launches a furious tirade against the perceived treachery and incompetence of his military commanders in front of Wilhelm Keitel, Hans Krebs, Alfred Jodl, Wilhelm Burgdorf and Martin Bormann. Hitler's tirade culminates in an oath to stay in Berlin to head up the defence of the city. Hitler orders General Walther Wenck to attack towards Berlin with the Twelfth Army, link up with the Ninth Army of General Theodor Busse, and relieve the city. Wenck launched an attack, but it will come to nothing.⟶
Hitler's Tirade and Wenck's Failed Relief Attempt (1945)
Adolf HitlerBerlinLeadershipMilitary Commanders1945Twelfth ArmyWalther WenckNinth ArmyTheodor BusseDefeat

🎂 Hitler's 56th Birthday Marked in Berlin Bunker

Hitler celebrates his 56th birthday in the bunker in Berlin; reports are that he is in an unhealthy state, nervous, and depressed.⟶
Adolf HitlerBerlinBunker1945Nazi GermanyLeadershipDeclinePsychological State

✉️ Göring's Attempt to Succeed Hitler

Hermann Göring sends a radiogram to Hitler's bunker, asking to be declared Hitler's successor. He proclaims that if he gets no response by 10 PM, he will assume Hitler is incapacitated and assume leadership of the Reich. Furious, Hitler strips him of all his offices and expels him from the Nazi Party.⟶
Göring's Attempt to Succeed Hitler (1945)
Hermann GöringAdolf HitlerSuccessionBerlinNazi Party1945Political IntrigueLeadership CrisisGerman Collapse